Jussi Salonen

Hub Master at Helsinki XR Center
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland, FI
Languages
  • English Professional working proficiency
  • Finnish Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Spanish Elementary proficiency
  • Swedish Elementary proficiency

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Experience

    • Finland
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Hub Master
      • Mar 2022 - Present

      Supporting Finnish XR ecosystem - Community management, mentoring start-ups, hosting our showroom, XR consulting and helping companies and public institutes to better understand current state and possibilities of XR related technologies. Also working on my Masters Thesis on developing our incubator program and harmonizing it with two other in-house incubators of Metropolia UAS (Turbiini and LGIN). Supporting Finnish XR ecosystem - Community management, mentoring start-ups, hosting our showroom, XR consulting and helping companies and public institutes to better understand current state and possibilities of XR related technologies. Also working on my Masters Thesis on developing our incubator program and harmonizing it with two other in-house incubators of Metropolia UAS (Turbiini and LGIN).

    • Finland
    • Government Administration
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Senior attendant of in-house services
      • Jul 2019 - Apr 2022

      Customer service, tech support for AV-equipment, and general tasks of administrative assistance for Prime Ministers Office, House of Estates, and other high profile government clients. Best part of the experience was getting hands on experience of governments organization culture, providing top tier customer service for various VIP level clients, and self-learning various skills such as service design and facilitation to enhance my professionality trough government electronic learning platform E-oppiva. Show less

    • Finland
    • Wellness and Fitness Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Supervisor / Acrobatics Teacher
      • Feb 2018 - May 2019

      Supervisor and acrobatics teacher in Extreme sports park. I also qualified a rope rescuer certificate to help lower stuck or injured customers from +5 meters high adventure track near the roof, and made several insightful suggestions to improve facilities safety, marketing, employee happiness and customers experience based on my experience in customer service, marketing, parkour and acrobatics. Best part of the experience was being able to train and upkeep my acrobatic skills while working, and awesome workmates who radiated positive energy and healthy lifestyle. Show less

  • Helsingin Ju-Jutsu Klubi
    • Helsinki Area, Finland
    • Office Coordinator
      • Mar 2013 - Jan 2015

      Running daily routines in one of the oldest and best known Jujutsu clubs in Helsinki. My tasks included handling communications to collaborators and customers, assisting tasks of marketing and financial administration, up-keeping and creating content to club homepage, coordinating the use of facilities with seven different martial arts styles teachers, planning and executing camps and helping with foreign visitors travel arrangements, customer service, and working as a personal assistant to CEO. In addition i promoted upgrading HJJK homepage to match modern day requirements and helped re-designing HJJK youth division operations, which had several positive impacts such as significant rise in customers of follow-up courses, instructor satisfaction, quality of teaching, better communications with parents, and better success in competitions. Best part of the experience was demonstrating my business development potential by re-designing the youth department operations with excellent results and learning to handle wide variety of office tasks independently. Show less

    • Marketer
      • Aug 2011 - Nov 2011

      Telemarketing and sales support. Contacting companies with +200 employees and selling full service event packages with everything included (event site, food + drinks, program, etc.) Also helping with event build ups & pull downs and hosting activities for clients during events. Best part of the experience was getting experience of B2B sales support and event producing. Telemarketing and sales support. Contacting companies with +200 employees and selling full service event packages with everything included (event site, food + drinks, program, etc.) Also helping with event build ups & pull downs and hosting activities for clients during events. Best part of the experience was getting experience of B2B sales support and event producing.

    • Finland
    • Professional Training and Coaching
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Marketer (Trainee program)
      • Aug 2008 - May 2009

      Telemarketing and Sales Support + 12 lectures of personal and professional growth by various merited professionals. Best part of the experience were inspiring and insight inducing lectures about personal and professional growth. Telemarketing and Sales Support + 12 lectures of personal and professional growth by various merited professionals. Best part of the experience were inspiring and insight inducing lectures about personal and professional growth.

  • ADDlife advertizing
    • Helsinki Area, Finland
    • F2F marketer
      • May 2008 - Jul 2008

      F2F marketing and live promotions. Handing out flyers and performing to gain attention. Performs included viral campaigns like flash mob dance performance in metro to promote a dance movie and performing with a sword in a knight costume to promote a fantasy movie. Best part of the experience was kind of getting paid for doing my hobbies, which i loved to do anyway. F2F marketing and live promotions. Handing out flyers and performing to gain attention. Performs included viral campaigns like flash mob dance performance in metro to promote a dance movie and performing with a sword in a knight costume to promote a fantasy movie. Best part of the experience was kind of getting paid for doing my hobbies, which i loved to do anyway.

  • Various Companies
    • Helsinki Area, Finland
    • Part time jobs & Performing artist
      • Jan 1997 - Nov 2007

      Numerous part time jobs in restaurants, warehouses, customer service and other fields since age of 16. Former employers include for example companies like Stockmann (clerk), DHL (warehouse worker), Hartwall Areena (restaurant worker) and Orton (janitor). Also done 10+ years occasional gigs as a performing artist (martial arts / acrobatics, dancing, light- and fire shows) and acted in small roles for commercials and music videos, and teaching martial arts to actors and performers. Best part of the experience was developing general understanding and tacit knowledge of various different fields and work environments, and getting paid for doing my beloved hobbies. Show less

    • Finland
    • Telecommunications
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Telephone Operator
      • Aug 2003 - Oct 2004

      Working as a switchboard operator in a call center with +250 companies. Part of the companies were international and operated only in English. Best part of the experience was learning to understand telecommunications of different companies - who gets most calls? Who gets trough? How to introduce oneself to get appointment? How to avoid annoying callers? etc. Working as a switchboard operator in a call center with +250 companies. Part of the companies were international and operated only in English. Best part of the experience was learning to understand telecommunications of different companies - who gets most calls? Who gets trough? How to introduce oneself to get appointment? How to avoid annoying callers? etc.

    • Finland
    • Armed Forces
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sergeant
      • Jan 2002 - Jan 2003

      I worked one year in Finnish Army as a calculator sergeant in field gun battery (Army service is obligatory for men in Finland). My job was to handle all communications between battalion command center and my own battery, communications inside my own battery, calculating trajectories for field gun rounds, and working as a right hand of the battery commander. Best part of the experience was getting both education and hands-on experience of leadership, and measured proof of being able to maintain my performance level in high priority tasks in demanding conditions under heavy stress and fatigue for several days during operations. Show less

Education

  • Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Development
    2020 - 2023
  • Aalto University
    Protomo: Product and Service Innovators training program, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
    2015 - 2015
  • Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
    Bachelor’s Degree, Business/Corporate Communications & Advertizing
    2008 - 2013
  • Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences
    Computer and Information Sciences, General
    2004 - 2007

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